Harper International selected for thermal purification of natural graphite

March 9, 2021
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Harper International selected for thermal purification of natural graphite

Harper International, Buffalo, has beem chosen by Westwater Resources, Inc. to conduct engineering scaleup and front-end engineering design for production scale thermal purification as part of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Coosa Graphite Project located in Alabama.

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Constellium developing aluminum-lithium alloys for NASA


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Constellium developing aluminum-lithium alloys for NASA

Constellium, Paris, is developing an aluminum-lithium alloy solution, Airware®, that will be used for NASA’s Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, for missions that will ultimately send humans farther into deep space than ever before. Airware’s inherent low density, high-specific stiffness, strength and excellent mechanical properties provide the high-performance characteristics required during the demanding launch and landing phases.

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Lindberg ships two gas-fired furnaces to the manufacturing Industry


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Lindberg ships two gas-fired furnaces to the manufacturing Industry

Lindberg, Michigan, announced the shipment of two gas-fired hardening and tempering furnaces to the manufacturing industry. These large-capacity box furnaces will be used for the normalizing, austenitizing, and tempering of forged components.

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Ipsen’s new PdMetrics feature offers additional diagnostics


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Ipsen’s new PdMetrics feature offers additional diagnostics

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Illinois launched new features on its PdMetrics dashboard that monitors incoming three-phase utilities, voltage, and frequency on Ipsen’s Titan 2.0 vacuum furnaces. This addition offers further diagnostics for the diffusion pump heater assembly.

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Bodycote announces further expansion in North America


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Bodycote announces further expansion in North America

Bodycote, Macclesfield, UK, announced the opening of a new facility in Syracuse, New York. The new Syracuse facility is the second new facility to be opened in North America, following the opening of the new Elgin, Illinois facility in December 2020.

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Medical company brings vacuum in-house


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Medical company brings vacuum in-house

Nitrex, Quebec, Canada, delivered a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace with 6 bar quench capability to a medical device company in the USA for vacuum heat treating of dies as well as critical medical parts.

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One Minute Mentor: Microalloyed Bainitic and Martensitic DHT Steels Technology

January 12, 2021
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One Minute Mentor: Microalloyed Bainitic and Martensitic DHT Steels Technology

Bainitic and martensitic microstructures in direct heat treated steels are transformed by faster cooling directly after hot forging. The strength of bainitic microalloyed steel is improved by small additions of alloying elements such as molybdenum and boron and higher cooling rates after forging.

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